Data Centre Operations Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Data Center Operations
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 5 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 12.50% 23.81% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.00% 26.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £341 - -
25th Percentile £410 £358 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £365 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.84% - -
75th Percentile £538 £373 -
90th Percentile £545 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £365 -
% change year-on-year +43.84% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wakefield

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20 19 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 83.33% 90.48% 97.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 24
10th Percentile £135 £119 £226
25th Percentile £211 £123 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £365 £358
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +2.10% +60.67%
75th Percentile £459 £373 £411
90th Percentile £528 £553 £516
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £11.52
25th Percentile - - £13.17
Median hourly rate - - £16.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.94%
75th Percentile - - £17.19
90th Percentile - - £17.71
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -31.88% +71.05% -11.63%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Data Centre Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Wakefield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in Wakefield over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Operations in Wakefield

Data Centre Operations
Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Data Centre Operations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
1 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Server Management
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow